Just finished it and found it super engaging. Whether the stories are skewed or not I feel like the film did a great job of making you feel like each of these projects(maybe less so with Braid) were make or break for these people's lives. Really glad I stayed up to watch it.
What the, a 3GB update for the Steam release? This happening for anyone else?
UPDATE!!!
Tweeted IGTM yesterday to this thread, no reply but guess what?! 3gb update on Steam!
I knew what the change was already:
Original:
New Update:
Hilarious!
Just wanted to ask, which version of the movie (steam, itunes, official website) has subtitles? Thanks.
losing funding twice, risking getting sued... I'd say he had good reasons to be so explosive.Really enjoyed the film but come on...Fez dev is a drama queen.
He still had a bit of a childish spin on it. But yeah, the guy went through a lot of shit. I just wonder how much of it was his own fault, with a personality like that.
I watched it this morning, awesome movie. Such great insight of the Indie scene.
Is there any advantage to getting it off steam? Because I'd assume that buying it off the official website means the film maker gets all of the proceeds
If you're interested in more insight (although with quite a bit less drama) I'd recommend the Infinite Ammo podcast (http://infiniteammo.ca/) and the IndieGames.com podcast (http://indiegames.com/podcast/). Both of them do a lot of in-depth interviews with indie developers and get into the design process a little more. IndieGames.com has a couple interviews with Team Meat that expand on their story quite a bit.
Thank you for the recommendations. This is up my alley . And perfect timing, as I have been looking for some podcast to get into. Trying to get into programming, and the design phase, and behind the scenes are fascinating.
No problem -- I was kind of doing the same thing last summer, so I went on a pretty big indie gaming podcast kick, haha. I really liked Infinite Ammo -- it's hosted by Alec Holowka who made Aquaria (along with Derek Yu), so he contributes quite a bit of good insight about the development process himself. Only problem is that he doesn't record new episodes super often, I think he's been getting busier with his new game lately.
I actually didn't like it so much. Didn't provide a huge amount of further insight.Oh man, the Team Meat commentary was amazing. I love those guys to death.
Decent documentary. So, what I learned about these 3 Indie devs....
- most hate mainstream games (makes sense, since they make indie games)
- they hate the idea of success ( until it happens)
- they kill themselves making games (just like regular devs)
- Phil Fish is such a full of himself, pompous ass. (which we already knew)
fixed that for ya
Tommy is the only one who says bad things about mainstream games, mostly.
Edmund plays COD with his wife.
Anecdotally, I am none of those first three things.Decent documentary. So, what I learned about Indie devs....
- most hate mainstream games (makes sense, since they make indie games)
- they hate the idea of success ( until it happens)
- they kill themselves making games (just like regular devs)
- Phil Fish is such a full of himself, pompous ass. (which we already knew)
Only likeable guy in the whole movie, is Edmund. Glad SMB did well.
I'm such a boring interview.you will be in my doc Feep
we gonna be rich
You forgot the bit where you say that while dodging rotating poles and trying not to fall into water.I'm such a boring interview.
"Yeah, man, I just...made a game. In my spare time. That's pretty much it. It came out and some people said it was pretty good and now I'm making another game."
You couldn't see it but I was actually coding DLC for Sequence as I fell into the waterYou forgot the bit where you say that while dodging rotating poles and trying not to fall into water.
And you do it all for a girl you love...